UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Mali

Security Council

Meetings in 2014: 11 December – Peace and security in Africa; 8 October – Mali,27 August – Peace and security in Africa; 28 July – Mali; 25, 19 June – Peace and security in Africa; 18, 17 June,20 May, 23 April – Mali, 6 February - Briefing by the Security Council mission to Mali; 23 and 16 January - Malihttp://www.un.org/en/sc/meetings/records/2014.shtml

Meetings in 2013: 18 and 12 December – Peace and Security in Africa; 16 October - The situation in Mali; 26 June – Peace and Security in Africa; 25 June, 25 and 3 April - The situation in Mali; 25 January - Peace consolidation in West Africa; 22 January - The situation in Malihttp://www.un.org/en/sc/meetings/records/2013.shtml

S/2014/944 (24 December 2014): Letter dated 23 December 2014 from the Secretary-Generaladdressed to the President of the Security Councilhttp://undocs.org/S/2014/944Transmits Report on operational support provided by French forces for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, from 18 September to 2 December 2014.

S/2014/943 (23 December 2014): Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Mali: http://undocs.org/S/2014/943Submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2164 (2014); covers the period from 16 Sept. 2014 to 16 Dec. 2014

S/2014/934 (29 December 2014): Letter dated 22 December 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Mali to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2014/934Transmits Final communiqué of the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Group of Five for the Sahel.

S/2014/692 (22 September 2014): Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Mali: http://undocs.org/S/2014/692Submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2164 (2014); covers the period from 27 May. 2014 to 15 Sept. 2014.

S/AC.51/2014/2 (7 July 2014): Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict: Conclusions on children and armed conflict in Mali: http://undocs.org/S/AC.51/2014/2

S/2014/469 (3 July 2014): Letter dated 3 July 2014 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2014/469Ceasefire Agreement signed on 23 May 2014

S/2014/400 (9 June 2014): Joint communiqué of the eighth annual joint consultative meeting between members of the Security Council of the United Nations and the Peace and Security Council of the African Union http://undocs.org/S/2014/400

S/2014/12 (9 January 2014): Second report on operational support provided by Operation Serval for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) http://undocs.org/S/2014/12

S/2014/1 (2 January 2014) - Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Mali: http://undocs.org/S/2014/1Submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2100 (2013); covers the period from 30 Sept. to 21 Dec. 2013.

S/2013/621 (22 October 2013)http://undocs.org/S/2013/621Transmits note verbale dated 11 Oct. 2013 from France conveying a report to the Security Council on the implementation of the mandate of French troops in Mali.

S/2013/582 (1 October 2013): Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Mali http://undocs.org/S/2013/582Submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2100 (2013); covers the period from 10 June to 29 Sept. 2013.

S/2013/354 (14 June 2013) - Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Sahel region: http://undocs.org/S/2013/354Submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2056 (2012); provides an update on the situation in the Sahel and the activities of the Secreetary-General's Special Envoy for the region since his appointment in October 2012. "Annex: United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel": p. 14-25.

S/2013/37 (21 January 2013): http://undocs.org/S/2013/37Refers to Security Council resolution 2085 (2012), in which Secretary-General was requested to further develop and refine options for a voluntary and a United Nations-funded logistics support package to the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA); reports the plan of logistics support by the United Nations to AFISMA.

S/2013/35 (21 January 2013): http://undocs.org/S/2013/35Transmits letter dated 17 Jan. 2013 from the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States regarding the deployment of the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA) and the need for logistical support

S/RES/2085 (2012): http://undocs.org/S/RES/2085(2012)on authorization of the deployment of an African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA) for an initial period of one year

Selected UN Documents

UN Member States on the Record: Malihttp://www.un.org/depts/dhl/unms/mali.shtmlkey documents related to its membership in the UN; statements made before the principal organs; draft resolutions sponsored; periodic reports submitted on Human Rights conventions, etc.

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